A Practitioner's Handbook of Sound Intensity or Sound Power Flowis a practical guide to sound-power flow and describes experimental methods and results. It covers computational approaches using standard mathematics and relates these to practical experiments.
The measurement of sound-power flow in air and water is reviewed and computed sound-power flow in solids is also examined. Applications of sound-power (intensity) are also discussed, including measuring the sound power of a source, locating primary sources of noise in machinery, determining and locating underwater sources of sound, forward-looking sonar for ships and boats, harbour surveillance, community noise and directional hearing.
